RHEL 5 : libwpd (RHSA-2012:1043)

high Nessus Plugin ID 59721

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libwpd.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1043 advisory.

- libwpd: Memory overwrite flaw by processing certain WordPerfect (WPD) documents (CVE-2012-2149)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL libwpd package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:1043.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59721

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1043.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/27/2012

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2149

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwpd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwpd-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2149

BID: 53570

RHSA: 2012:1043

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